... some proposals contemplate only to simplify paperwork for companies through several means such as repealing articles in legislation, or reforms to the Public-Private Partnership Laws to open the door ...

... 2017, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte surprised many by listening to the call of strong peoples’ movements as he declared that a ban on new open pit-mining would remain in place. This, despite a concerted ...

... the opening of the El Dorado mining project owned by Pacific Rim /Oceana Gold mining company. A proper investigation into her murder has not been conducted to this day.
In view of these and other violations: ...

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... the exploration, extraction, exploitation and processing, whether open pit or underground, in Salvadorian territory. The law composed by 11 articles, prohibits as well the use of chemical toxic elements ...

... nd and to open ditches that alarmed the population. But according to Sister Teresa, the decision of the local community development association to ban mining, and the support from the local government w ...

... and demands the reopening of the discussion on the General Water Law proposed by environmentalist movements in 2006.
“We want to express our deep rejection of the Integral Water Law proposal presente ...

... all open-pit mining in 2010. Mining is also outlawed in high-altitude wetlands vitally important to water supplies in Colombia. And at least half a dozen provinces in Argentina have passed bans on industrial-scale ...

... opening time. Cartagena and many others celebrated when the results were announced. Over 98 percent of Cinquerans voted “NO” to mining.
A month later, a total ban on metal mining became law.
From th ...

... Hog was “very open to civil society collaboration and figuring out the best ways to collectively apply pressure on the tribunal”. A team of investment lawyers rolling up their sleeves together with civil ...

... beginning. She hopes El Salvador’s monumental victory will reverberate around the world.
“It is a momentous step in the history of a country as small as El Salvador, that opens the doors to be an example ...

... processing of metals, whether in open pits or underground. It also prohibits the use of toxic chemicals like cyanide and mercury. In the lead-up to the vote, communities in the town of Cinquera had rejected ...

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Despite a deadline from the lawsuit passing, the company owes El Salvador US$8 million.
Over 280 organizations from around the world sent an open letter to Canadian-Australian mining giant OceanaGold ...

... used to separate gold from mined rock. The PDDH officials discovered that the locks, simple padlocks, had been cut and evidence that the door had been forced open on one of the containers.
While the conditions ...

... of the bill is to protect our country and its population from serious environmental contamination, especially of water, an inevitable consequence of open pit mining exploitation,” the archbishop of San ...

... of the Special Law to Prohibit Metallic Mining that was presented by the Mesa in 2013.
“This debate takes place in the framework of our country having won an international ruling, it opens a new stage ...

... called Pacific Rim, which applied for a permit to open a gold mine in the north central department of Cabañas in 2004 after several years of exploration. Unlike neighboring Guatemala and Honduras, El Salvador ...

... mining company OceanaGold and its only tangible asset was the legal case against El Salvador.
The local community in Cabañas was opposed to the opening of the mine and in 2009, people started receiving ...